List of people executed in the United States in 2008

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This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2008. Thirty-seven people were executed in the United States in 2008. Eighteen of them were in the state of Texas. One (James Earl Reed) was executed via electrocution. Executions were not carried out in the United States between September 2007 and April 2008, due to certiorari in Baze v. Rees, which questioned the constitutionality of lethal injection. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed all executions for seven months until a decision was made, meaning executions did not begin until May, with none having taken place since that of Michael Wayne Richard the previous September.[1][2]

List of people executed in the United States in 2008[]

No. Date of execution Name Date of birth Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 May 6, 2008 William Earl Lynd January 25, 1955 53 33 20 Male White Georgia Lethal injection [3]
2 May 21, 2008 Earl Wesley Berry May 5, 1959 49 28 21 Mississippi [4]
3 May 27, 2008 Kevin Green May 11, 1977 31 21 10 Black Virginia [5]
4 June 4, 2008 Curtis Osborne March 1970 38 20 18 Georgia [6]
5 June 6, 2008 David Mark Hill May 24, 1960 48 36 12 White South Carolina [7]
6 June 11, 2008 Karl Eugene Chamberlain June 20, 1970 37 21 16 Texas [8]
7 June 17, 2008 Terry Lyn Short August 22, 1960 47 34 13 Oklahoma [9]
8 June 20, 2008 James Earl Reed November 26, 1958 49 35 14 Black South Carolina Electrocution [10]
9 June 25, 2008 Robert Stacy Yarbrough June 1, 1978 30 18 12 Oklahoma Lethal injection [11]
10 July 1, 2008 Mark Dean Schwab December 16, 1968 39 22 17 White Florida [12]
11 July 10, 2008 Carlton Akee Turner July 4, 1979 29 19 10 Black Texas [13]
12 Kent Jermaine Jackson September 18, 1981 26 18 8 Virginia [14]
13 July 23, 2008 Dale Leo Bishop September 4, 1973 34 25 9 White Mississippi [15]
14 Derrick J. Sonnier October 26, 1967 40 23 17 Black Texas [16]
15 July 24, 2008 Christopher Scott Emmett August 18, 1971 36 29 7 White Virginia [17]
16 July 31, 2008 Larry Donnell Davis October 9, 1967 40 27 13 Black Texas [18]
17 August 5, 2008 José Ernesto Medellín Rojas March 4, 1975 33 18 15 Hispanic [19]
18 August 7, 2008 Heliberto Chi December 28, 1978 29 22 7 [20]
19 August 12, 2008 Leon David Dorsey IV November 17, 1975 32 18 14 Black [21]
20 August 14, 2008 Michael Anthony Rodriguez October 29, 1962 45 38 7 Hispanic [22]
21 September 16, 2008 Jack Edward Alderman May 29, 1951 57 23 34 White Georgia [23]
22 September 17, 2008 William Alfred Murray February 13, 1969 39 28 11 Texas [24]
23 September 23, 2008 Richard Henyard June 26, 1974 34 18 16 Black Florida [25]
24 September 25, 2008 Jesse James Cummings Jr. November 19, 1955 52 35 17 White Oklahoma [26]
25 October 14, 2008 Richard Wade Cooey II June 9, 1967 41 19 22 Ohio [27]
26 Alvin Andrew Kelly March 14, 1951 57 33 24 Texas [28]
27 October 16, 2008 Kevin Michael Watts January 18, 1981 27 21 6 Black [29]
28 October 21, 2008 Joseph Ray Ries September 18, 1979 29 19 10 White [30]
29 October 28, 2008 Eric Charles Nenno April 13, 1961 47 33 14 [31]
30 October 30, 2008 Gregory Edward Wright November 1, 1965 42 31 11 [32]
31 November 6, 2008 Elkie Lee Taylor December 14, 1961 46 15 Black [33]
32 November 12, 2008 George H. Whitaker III November 21, 1970 37 23 14 [34]
33 November 13, 2008 Denard Sha Manns December 22, 1965 42 32 10 [35]
34 November 19, 2008 Gregory L. Bryant-Bey August 6, 1955 53 37 16 Ohio [36]
35 November 20, 2008 Robert Jean Hudson March 4, 1963 45 36 9 Texas [37]
36 November 21, 2008 Marco Allen Chapman September 4, 1971 37 30 7 White Kentucky [38]
37 December 5, 2008 Joseph Martin Luther Gardner January 15, 1970 38 22 16 Black South Carolina [39]
Average: 40 years 26 years 14 years

Demographics[]

Gender
Male 37 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
Black 17 46%
White 17 46%
Hispanic 3 8%
State
Texas 18 49%
Georgia 3 8%
Oklahoma 3 8%
South Carolina 3 8%
Virginia 3 8%
Florida 2 5%
Mississippi 2 5%
Ohio 2 5%
Kentucky 1 3%
Method
Lethal injection 36 97%
Electrocution 1 3%
Month
January 0 0%
February 0 0%
March 0 0%
April 0 0%
May 3 8%
June 6 16%
July 7 19%
August 4 11%
September 4 11%
October 6 16%
November 6 16%
December 1 3%
Age
20–29 5 14%
30–39 14 38%
40–49 13 35%
50–59 5 14%
Total 37 100%

Executions in recent years[]

Number of executions
2009 52
2008 37
2007 42
Total 131

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Execution List 2008". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "U.S. Executions Since 1976". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "William Earl Lynd Executed May 6, 2008 07:51 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  4. ^ "Earl Wesley Berry Executed May 21, 2008 at 6:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
  5. ^ "Kevin Green Executed May 27, 2008 at 10:05 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  6. ^ "Curtis Osborne Executed June 4, 2008 09:05 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  7. ^ "David Mark Hill Executed June 6, 2008 06:17 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
  8. ^ "Karl Eugene Chamberlain Executed June 11, 2008 at 06:30 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  9. ^ "Terry Lyn Short Executed June 17, 2008 06:08 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  10. ^ "James Earl Reed Executed June 20, 2008 11:27 p.m. by Electric Chair in South Carolina".
  11. ^ "Robert Stacy Yarbrough Executed June 25, 2008 at 9:28 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  12. ^ "Mark Dean Schwab Executed July 1, 2008 06:15 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  13. ^ "Carlton Akee Turner Executed July 10, 2008 06:16 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  14. ^ "Kent Jermaine Jackson Executed July 10, 2008 at 9:18 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  15. ^ "Dale Leo Bishop Executed July 23, 2008 at 6:14 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi".
  16. ^ "Derrick J. Sonnier Executed July 23, 2008 06:18 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  17. ^ "Christopher Scott Emmett Executed July 24, 2008 9:07 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia".
  18. ^ "Larry Donnell Davis Executed July 31, 2008 06:19 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  19. ^ "Jose Ernesto Medellin Executed August 5, 2008 09:57 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  20. ^ "Heliberto Chi Executed August 7, 2008 06:25 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  21. ^ "Leon David Dorsey IV Executed August 12, 2008 06:27 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  22. ^ "Michael Anthony Rodriguez Executed August 14, 2008 06:30 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  23. ^ "Jack Edward Alderman Executed September 16, 2008 07:25 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Georgia".
  24. ^ "William Alfred Murray Executed September 17, 2008 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  25. ^ "Richard Henyard Executed September 23, 2008 08:16 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida".
  26. ^ "Jesse James Cummings Jr. Executed September 25, 2008 06:11 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma".
  27. ^ "Richard Wade Cooey II Executed October 14, 2008 10:28 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  28. ^ "Alvin Andrew Kelly Executed October 14, 2008 06:30 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  29. ^ "Kevin Michael Watts Executed October 16, 2008 06:17 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  30. ^ "Joseph Ray Ries Executed October 21, 2008 06:17 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  31. ^ "Eric Charles Nenno Executed October 28, 2008 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  32. ^ "Gregory Edward Wright Executed October 30, 2008 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  33. ^ "Gregory Edward Wright Executed October 30, 2008 06:20 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  34. ^ "George H. Whitaker III Executed November 12, 2008 06:15 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  35. ^ "Denard Sha Manns Executed November 13, 2008 06:30 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  36. ^ "Gregory L. Bryant-Bey Executed November 19, 2008 10:41 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio".
  37. ^ "Robert Jean Hudson Executed November 20, 2008 06:24 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas".
  38. ^ "Marco Allen Chapman Executed November 21, 2008 07:34 p.m. CST by Lethal Injection in Kentucky".
  39. ^ "Joseph M.L. Gardner Executed December 5, 2008 6:15 p.m. by Lethal Injection in South Carolina".
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